The Appleton Collection includes more than 2,000 glass photographic negatives, taken in Media, Pennsylvania and vicinity from 1888 to 1909. Media Historic Archives received the collection in 1988, but until 2018 most of these pictures had never been seen by the public.
"The 853-foot long Elkview Trestle built in 1897 still carries trains. The bridge is located on the former PRR Octoraro Branch which once connected Chester, Pa with the Susquehanna River above Port Deposit." Source: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,2584566, accessed March 20, 2018
"The 853-foot long Elkview Trestle built in 1897 still carries trains. The bridge is located on the former PRR Octoraro Branch which once connected Chester, Pa with the Susquehanna River above Port Deposit." Source: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,2584566, accessed March 20, 2018
"The 853-foot long Elkview Trestle built in 1897 still carries trains. The bridge is located on the former PRR Octoraro Branch which once connected Chester, Pa with the Susquehanna River above Port Deposit." Source: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,2584566, accessed March 20, 2018
Location is approximate. This might be a legal photograph documenting property damages caused by lowering the grade of Elm Avenue. Sign posted on tree reads: For Sale, E. C. Walton, Swarthmore, PA.
